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  • 1Department of Nursing, Chang Gung Institute of Technology, Chiayi Campus, Chiayi, Taiwan 61363.

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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Biostatistics
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a global public health concern requiring effective screening methods.
  • Current screening often relies on waist circumference (WC), but simpler, more effective single parameters are needed.
  • Age and body mass index (BMI) are known factors associated with central obesity, a key component of MS.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate a novel index combining BMI and age for enhanced metabolic syndrome risk assessment.
  • To compare the predictive performance of the new index against traditional measures like waist circumference.

Main Methods:

  • Secondary data analysis of biomarkers from 8908 employees in five Taiwanese high-tech factories (2007-2008).
  • Calculation of the first principal component score (FPCS) and equal-weighted average (EWA) from subject biomarkers.
  • Statistical analysis to determine the area under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUCs) for different screening methods.

Main Results:

  • The FPCS and EWA demonstrated significantly larger AUCs compared to WC and waist-to-height ratio.
  • While FPCS and EWA showed lower specificity, they exhibited substantially high sensitivity in predicting MS risk.
  • Optimal cut-off points were identified: FPCS ≥ 0.914 for males and EWA ≥ 8.8 for females.

Conclusions:

  • The study suggests that FPCS and EWA are effective predictors of metabolic syndrome in the Taiwanese population.
  • FPCS is not practical for routine clinical use due to computational complexity.
  • The equal-weighted average (EWA) is recommended as a simple, feasible clinical tool for identifying individuals at risk of MS.